What game(s) made your Wii U worth it?

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That demonstration represented everything that was exciting to me about the Wii U hardware before it released because it showed a 3rd party shooter from a series hat I already loved that was being designed specifically with this hardware in mind. I was sold since I play online shooters almost exclusively, and it was nice to see Nintendo getting one that was being tailor made for their new hardware, and also was not on the other consoles that I own. Seeing this game was huge for me. Of course Ubisoft didn't deliver.

So while there were other kinds of games that were fun to play before 2015 on Wii U. With the absence of Ghost Recon Online, it wasn't until Splatoon when I finally played a game that showed what I always knew that the gamepad was capable of. The quick and responsive touch inputs on the gamepad for a fast paced multiplayer shooter is incredible.

Nintendo unfortunately did not have the vision to use the gamepad as a communication tool in Splatoon as we heard Ubisoft Singapore speak about in their plans for Ghost Recon Online from the video. I've always felt like the Wii U losing Ghost Recon was also this console losing the software that would have shown the gamepad being used to it's fullest potential.

I often wonder if Splatoon would still be my favorite Wii U game had Ghost recon Online actually released on Wii U before it in 2014 like it should have.

Bought it late, for several games like Mighty No. 9, Splatoon and BotW. Yet most of the games I own aren't enough to make me fall in love with the system like every other console and handheld I've played and owned.

The NES has a fantastic library, the SNES has a great library, the Genesis is pretty damn good, the GBA, Wii, DS and 3DS totally rock it! This is just...there. I mostly use it for Wii games and retro games. Perhaps Yoshi's Wooly World will change my mind a little.